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2010 • R • 1h 48m • Drama, Thriller • Fox Searchlight Pictures

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4.17

8.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$107.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$329.00M

$222.00M international

Domestic legs17.1x

Budget$13.0M

2010 rank#25

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Cast & crew

Full Aronofsky filmography

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky Director

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Starring

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis Starring

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel Starring

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey Starring

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder Starring

ScreenplayAndres Heinz, Mark Heyman, John J. McLaughlin Produced byMike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicClint Mansell Prod. DesignThérèse DePrez StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 7 $8.4M — 959 $8,741 $15.8M

2 Dec 24-26 9 $6.3M −25.4% 1,466 $4,266 $28.7M

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 9 $8.9M +42.0% 1,553 $5,718 $47.8M

4 Jan 7-9 5 $8.1M −8.7% 1,584 $5,121 $61.2M

5 Jan 14-16 5 $8.3M +2.8% 2,328 $3,583 $73.2M

6 Jan 21-23 6 $5.9M −29.6% 2,407 $2,438 $83.3M

7 Jan 28-30 8 $5.1M −12.8% 2,315 $2,210 $90.7M

8 Feb 4-6 9 $3.4M −34.1% 1,977 $1,706 $95.9M

9 Feb 11-13 14 $2.1M −37.1% 1,069 $1,985 $99.3M

10 Feb 18-20 15 $1.3M −37.4% 656 $2,024 $101.5M

11 Feb 25-27 15 $1.3M +0.0% 617 $2,152 $103.6M

12 Mar 4-6 15 $1.0M −23.8% 681 $1,486 $105.1M

13 Mar 11-13 20 $440.5K −56.5% 337 $1,307 $105.9M

14 Mar 18-20 26 $174.2K −60.5% 191 $912 $106.3M

15 Mar 25-27 29 $184.4K +5.8% 207 $890 $106.6M

16 Apr 1-3 34 $105.3K −42.9% 162 $649 $106.8M

17 Apr 8-10 45 $51.0K −51.5% 103 $495 $106.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 3 #13 $415.8K — $415.8K 18 $23,101 1

Sat Dec 4 $543.4K +31% $959.3K 18 $30,191 2

Sun Dec 5 #11 $484.5K −11% $1.4M 18 $26,919 3

Mon Dec 6 #10 $210.7K −57% $1.7M 18 $11,706 4

Tue Dec 7 #11 $210.0K n/c $1.9M 18 $11,665 5

Wed Dec 8 #10 $212.8K +1% $2.1M 18 $11,819 6

Thu Dec 9 #10 $201.9K −5% $2.3M 18 $11,218 7

Fri Dec 10 #8 $987.1K +389% +137% $3.3M 90 $10,968 8

Sat Dec 11 #7 $1.3M +32% +140% $4.6M 90 $14,517 9

Sun Dec 12 #5 $1.0M −23% +109% $5.6M 90 $11,240 10

Mon Dec 13 #5 $425.1K −58% +102% $6.0M 90 $4,723 11

Tue Dec 14 #5 $475.9K +12% +127% $6.5M 90 $5,287 12

Wed Dec 15 #5 $477.8K n/c +125% $7.0M 90 $5,308 13

Thu Dec 16 #5 $445.0K −7% +120% $7.4M 90 $4,944 14

Fri Dec 17 #7 $2.5M +466% +155% $9.9M 959 $2,624 15

Sat Dec 18 #7 $3.2M +26% +143% $13.1M 959 $3,311 16

Sun Dec 19 #6 $2.7M −15% +166% $15.8M 959 $2,806 17

Mon Dec 20 #6 $1.5M −44% +252% $17.3M 959 $1,561 18

Tue Dec 21 #6 $1.6M +6% +235% $18.9M 959 $1,661 19

Wed Dec 22 #7 $1.8M +11% +269% $20.6M 1,456 $1,211 20

Thu Dec 23 #7 $1.8M +1% +302% $22.4M 1,456 $1,228 21

Fri Dec 24 #8 $1.1M −41% −58% $23.5M 1,457 $724 22

Sat Dec 25 #7 $2.5M +139% −21% $26.0M 1,466 $1,721 23

Sun Dec 26 #8 $2.7M +6% −1% $28.7M 1,466 $1,825 24

Mon Dec 27 #8 $2.5M −8% +64% $31.1M 1,466 $1,671 25

Tue Dec 28 #8 $2.5M +2% +56% $33.6M 1,466 $1,700 26

Wed Dec 29 #8 $2.6M +4% +47% $36.2M 1,466 $1,764 27

Thu Dec 30 #8 $2.7M +5% +51% $38.9M 1,466 $1,845 28

Fri Dec 31 #11 $1.9M −28% +84% $40.9M 1,553 $1,249 29

Sat Jan 1 #7 $3.9M +100% +54% $44.8M 1,553 $2,500 30

Sun Jan 2 #5 $3.1M −21% +14% $47.8M 1,553 $1,968 31

Mon Jan 3 #4 $1.5M −51% −39% $49.3M 1,553 $959 32

Tue Jan 4 #4 $1.3M −11% −47% $50.6M 1,553 $856 33

Wed Jan 5 #4 $1.2M −8% −53% $51.9M 1,553 $788 34

Thu Jan 6 #4 $1.3M +2% −54% $53.1M 1,553 $807 35

Fri Jan 7 #6 $2.4M +94% +26% $55.5M 1,584 $1,537 36

Sat Jan 8 #5 $3.4M +40% −12% $58.9M 1,584 $2,149 37

Sun Jan 9 #5 $2.3M −33% −26% $61.2M 1,584 $1,434 38

Mon Jan 10 #2 $811.6K −64% −46% $62.0M 1,584 $512 39

Tue Jan 11 #2 $954.8K +18% −28% $63.0M 1,584 $602 40

Wed Jan 12 #2 $923.1K −3% −25% $63.9M 1,584 $582 41

Thu Jan 13 #2 $960.4K +4% −23% $64.9M 1,584 $606 42

Fri Jan 14 #5 $2.4M +150% −1% $67.3M 2,328 $1,030 43

Sat Jan 15 #5 $3.3M +36% −4% $70.5M 2,328 $1,405 44

Sun Jan 16 #5 $2.7M −18% +18% $73.2M 2,328 $1,146 45

Mon Jan 17 #6 $1.8M −32% +123% $75.0M 2,328 $777 46

Tue Jan 18 #4 $863.1K −52% −10% $75.9M 2,328 $370 47

Wed Jan 19 #4 $744.9K −14% −19% $76.6M 2,328 $319 48

Thu Jan 20 #4 $752.5K +1% −22% $77.4M 2,328 $323 49

Fri Jan 21 #6 $1.8M +135% −26% $79.1M 2,407 $734 50

Sat Jan 22 #6 $2.8M +56% −16% $81.9M 2,407 $1,145 51

Sun Jan 23 #6 $1.3M −51% −50% $83.3M 2,407 $558 52

Mon Jan 24 #6 $491.0K −63% −73% $83.7M 2,407 $203 53

Tue Jan 25 #6 $672.9K +37% −22% $84.4M 2,407 $279 54

Wed Jan 26 #5 $551.7K −18% −26% $85.0M 2,407 $229 55

Thu Jan 27 #5 $638.1K +16% −15% $85.6M 2,407 $265 56

Fri Jan 28 #8 $1.4M +121% −20% $87.0M 2,315 $609 57

Sat Jan 29 #8 $2.3M +62% −17% $89.3M 2,315 $987 58

Sun Jan 30 #7 $1.4M −38% +6% $90.7M 2,315 $614 59

Mon Jan 31 #7 $432.4K −70% −12% $91.2M 2,315 $186 60

Tue Feb 1 #7 $446.3K +3% −34% $91.6M 2,315 $192 61

Wed Feb 2 #7 $428.4K −4% −22% $92.0M 2,315 $185 62

Thu Feb 3 #7 $458.4K +7% −28% $92.5M 2,315 $198 63

Fri Feb 4 #10 $1.1M +134% −24% $93.6M 1,977 $541 64

Sat Feb 5 #10 $1.7M +58% −26% $95.3M 1,977 $857 65

Sun Feb 6 #9 $608.6K −64% −57% $95.9M 1,977 $307 66

Mon Feb 7 #9 $304.9K −50% −29% $96.2M 1,977 $154 67

Tue Feb 8 #9 $404.5K +33% −9% $96.6M 1,977 $204 68

Wed Feb 9 #10 $308.4K −24% −28% $96.9M 1,977 $155 69

Thu Feb 10 #9 $335.1K +9% −27% $97.2M 1,977 $169 70

Fri Feb 11 #13 $562.2K +68% −47% $97.8M 1,069 $525 71

Sat Feb 12 #14 $982.5K +75% −42% $98.8M 1,069 $919 72

Sun Feb 13 #13 $577.9K −41% −5% $99.3M 1,069 $540 73

Mon Feb 14 #13 $319.0K −45% +5% $99.7M 1,069 $298 74

Tue Feb 15 #13 $192.5K −40% −52% $99.8M 1,069 $180 75

Wed Feb 16 #13 $174.1K −10% −44% $100.0M 1,069 $162 76

Thu Feb 17 #13 $186.2K +7% −44% $100.2M 1,069 $174 77

Fri Feb 18 #15 $314.0K +69% −44% $100.5M 656 $478 78

Sat Feb 19 #15 $565.6K +80% −42% $101.1M 656 $862 79

Sun Feb 20 #15 $448.2K −21% −22% $101.5M 656 $683 80

Mon Feb 21 #15 $281.1K −37% −12% $101.8M 656 $428 81

Tue Feb 22 #14 $142.2K −49% −26% $102.0M 656 $216 82

Wed Feb 23 #13 $140.4K −1% −19% $102.1M 656 $214 83

Thu Feb 24 #13 $148.0K +5% −21% $102.2M 656 $225 84

Fri Feb 25 #15 $352.1K +138% +12% $102.6M 617 $570 85

Sat Feb 26 #14 $663.9K +89% +17% $103.3M 617 $1,075 86

Sun Feb 27 #15 $311.9K −53% −30% $103.6M 617 $505 87

Mon Feb 28 #13 $130.1K −58% −54% $103.7M 617 $210 88

Tue Mar 1 #13 $145.6K +12% +2% $103.9M 617 $236 89

Wed Mar 2 #13 $127.2K −13% −9% $104.0M 617 $206 90

Thu Mar 3 #14 $127.2K n/c −14% $104.1M 617 $206 91

Fri Mar 4 #15 $275.7K +117% −22% $104.4M 681 $404 92

Sat Mar 5 #16 $453.2K +64% −32% $104.8M 681 $665 93

Sun Mar 6 #15 $283.5K −37% −9% $105.1M 681 $416 94

Mon Mar 7 $85.6K −70% −34% $105.2M 681 $125 95

Tue Mar 8 $97.1K +13% −33% $105.3M 681 $142 96

Wed Mar 9 $87.8K −10% −31% $105.4M 681 $129 97

Thu Mar 10 $98.3K +12% −23% $105.5M 681 $144 98

Fri Mar 11 $122.2K +24% −56% $105.6M 337 $362 99

Sat Mar 12 $204.1K +67% −55% $105.8M 337 $605 100

Sun Mar 13 $114.2K −44% −60% $105.9M 337 $338 101

Mon Mar 14 $47.3K −59% −45% $106.0M 337 $140 102

Tue Mar 15 $56.7K +20% −42% $106.0M 337 $168 103

Wed Mar 16 $52.5K −7% −40% $106.1M 337 $155 104

Thu Mar 17 $44.8K −15% −54% $106.1M 337 $132 105

Fri Mar 18 $52.4K +17% −57% $106.2M 191 $274 106

Sat Mar 19 $76.6K +46% −62% $106.3M 191 $401 107

Sun Mar 20 $45.2K −41% −60% $106.3M 191 $236 108

Mon Mar 21 $21.4K −53% −55% $106.3M 191 $112 109

Tue Mar 22 $25.3K +18% −55% $106.4M 191 $132 110

Wed Mar 23 $21.2K −16% −60% $106.4M 191 $111 111

Thu Mar 24 $22.5K +6% −50% $106.4M 191 $117 112

Fri Mar 25 $51.7K +130% −1% $106.4M 207 $249 113

Sat Mar 26 $82.2K +59% +7% $106.5M 207 $397 114

Sun Mar 27 $50.5K −39% +12% $106.6M 207 $243 115

Mon Mar 28 $21.1K −58% −1% $106.6M 207 $102 116

Tue Mar 29 $24.5K +16% −3% $106.6M 207 $118 117

Wed Mar 30 $22.5K −8% +6% $106.6M 207 $108 118

Thu Mar 31 $22.8K +1% +1% $106.7M 207 $110 119

Fri Apr 1 $32.0K +41% −38% $106.7M 162 $197 120

Sat Apr 2 $45.4K +42% −45% $106.7M 162 $280 121

Sun Apr 3 $27.8K −39% −45% $106.8M 162 $171 122

Mon Apr 4 $12.4K −55% −41% $106.8M 162 $76 123

Tue Apr 5 $15.6K +26% −36% $106.8M 162 $96 124

Wed Apr 6 $14.0K −10% −38% $106.8M 162 $86 125

Thu Apr 7 $14.6K +4% −36% $106.8M 162 $90 126

Fri Apr 8 $16.5K +13% −48% $106.8M 103 $160 127

Sat Apr 9 $22.3K +35% −51% $106.9M 103 $216 128

Sun Apr 10 $12.1K −46% −56% $106.9M 103 $117 129

Mon Apr 11 $6.0K −51% −52% $106.9M 103 $57 130

Tue Apr 12 $7.7K +29% −51% $106.9M 103 $74 131

Wed Apr 13 $6.6K −15% −53% $106.9M 103 $63 132

Thu Apr 14 $6.9K +4% −53% $106.9M 103 $66 133

Fri Apr 15 $5.6K −18% −66% $106.9M 49 $114 134

Sat Apr 16 $9.4K +67% −58% $106.9M 49 $191 135

Sun Apr 17 $4.6K −51% −62% $106.9M 49 $93 136

Mon Apr 18 $3.0K −35% −49% $106.9M 49 $61 137

Tue Apr 19 $3.6K +20% −53% $106.9M 49 $74 138

Wed Apr 20 $3.5K −3% −47% $106.9M 49 $71 139

Thu Apr 21 $3.4K −3% −50% $106.9M 49 $69 140

Fri Apr 22 $2.3K −32% −58% $106.9M 20 $116 141

Sat Apr 23 $2.1K −9% −77% $106.9M 20 $106 142

Sun Apr 24 $1.1K −48% −76% $106.9M 20 $55 143

Mon Apr 25 $595 −46% −80% $106.9M 20 $29 144

Tue Apr 26 $691 +16% −81% $106.9M 20 $34 145

Wed Apr 27 $672 −3% −81% $107.0M 20 $33 146

Thu Apr 28 $656 −2% −81% $107.0M 20 $32 147

Thu Aug 21 $437.3K — $107.4M 200 $2,186

Sun Aug 24 #13 $378.3K — $107.8M 200 $1,891

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$107.8M

Dec 3Dec 21Jan 8Jan 25Aug 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$8.4M

$6.3M

$8.9M

$8.1M

$8.3M

$5.9M

$5.1M

$3.4M

$2.1M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,407 → 200 −91.7%

18 open200 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.4%

−25.4%

W1→2

+42.0%

W2→3

−8.7%

W3→4

+2.8%

W4→5

−29.6%

W5→6

−12.8%

W6→7

−34.1%

W7→8

−37.1%

W8→9

−37.4%

W9→10

Steepest −37.4%Biggest gain +42.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 76 days

$100M

Day 76

Feb 16

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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